Chapter 331: Starry Sky Ancient Road Tempers People

The starry sky is lonely and the ancient road is deep and dark.

I can't see the road ahead, and I don't know where the end will lead to.

After coming out of the star gate constructed by the small five-colored altar, Li Zhi and the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi stepped onto a desolate star.

Looking back, I can no longer sense the breath of the ancient star Beidou.

Moreover, the teleportation array is one-way, you can only go forward and not backward.

There is no life on the stars, not even an atmosphere.

There is only a lonely small five-colored altar, which seems to be the leading to the next node.

This road seems to be extremely lonely, allowing the monks to stay away from the worldly vanity and cut off any worldly distractions.

"From here on, you and I will officially set foot on the ancient starry road. The first half of the ancient road is probably a road of refining the mind. In the endless loneliness and depth, it will cleanse our Taoist heart." Standing in front of the small five-colored altar on the desolate star, Li Zhi spoke to the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi.

"Fellow Daoist Changshou, I have made preparations. You don't have to worry about me." The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi said with a firm look.

"Okay then. On the way back, I will hide in the dark, and you will go through this journey of purifying your Tao heart alone." Li Zhi said.

"Changshou, before we reach the first city of the human race, please don't take action unless you are faced with a situation where you are sure to die. I plan to rely on my own strength to get through this section of the road." Now that the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi has set foot on the ancient starry sky road, she naturally does not want to become a burden to Li Zhi.

"I respect your choice." Li Zhi nodded, then took out a jade hairpin and gave it to the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi.

"Wear this jade hairpin on your head. I will sense it if you are in mortal danger." The jade hairpin not only sealed Li Zhi's holy attack, but also a drop of blood from the White Tiger Immortal Elixir. As long as the Saint of Yao Chi was not wiped out in an instant, there was a chance of resurrection.

"Thank you." The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi did not refuse and directly put the jade hairpin on her head.

At this moment, the Saint Lady of Yao Chi is no longer dressed as she was when she was in Beidou. She is wearing tight leather armor. The leather armor is a holy garment, and the material seems to be made of white dragon skin, which makes her look extraordinary and heroic.

She was also wearing a light green hat on her head, with a layer of gauze hanging from the brim, covering her stunning face.

Even if Li Zhi used his divine eyes, he couldn't see through the veil. It was obviously a secret treasure that had been specially refined.

Afterwards, Li Zhi disappeared from the sight of the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi.

For the next six months, the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi walked alone along the road that had long been paved by the ancients.

She didn't know the starting point or the end point, and she walked along passively, with only endless loneliness and darkness accompanying her.

From one ancient star to another, tirelessly and monotonously repeating the same thing, yet without encountering even a single living being.

It seems that the early stages of this road are designed to allow cultivators to cut off their longing for their homeland, stay away from the hustle and bustle of the world, and thus allow their true nature as Taoists to be revealed.

Moreover, such repetitive and monotonous crossing in the deep space of the universe can easily make people forget the distance. Even Li Zhi didn't know how far he was from Beidou at this time.

The journey that seems to be without danger is actually the real test.

If you are unable to recognize your own heart of Tao during this journey and are still obscured by the disguise of the world, then you will definitely die on the road ahead.

Of course, this road is not of much use to Li Zhi.

In his spare time, he even went deep into the starry sky and entered one sun after another, looking for star cores that contained spiritual materials.

If someone carefully counts the star regions that Li Zhi has passed by, they will find that the brightness of at least hundreds of suns has suddenly dropped by one level.

It seems as if the Sun has lost its energy core and suddenly downgraded.

However, in Li Zhi's Wheel Sea Secret Realm, there were hundreds of light spots that seemed real in the Wheel Sea Strange Phenomenon Zhoutian Star Map.

Half a year later, the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi finally arrived at a special node on the ancient road.

That star not only has an atmosphere, but also mountains and deserts, and even the bones left by dead monks.

There is also a place name engraved in the ancient human language, "Gate of Trial".

After the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi spent ten days finding the five-colored altar on this star, Li Zhi walked out of the darkness.

"Are you ready?" Li Zhi asked.

"The trial road paved by our predecessors is not for us to come here to enjoy the mountains and rivers. The former Saint of Yao Chi was the focus of thousands of people. With her peerless beauty and powerful background, she was respected by the world wherever she went. But the Saint of Yao Chi who came here is no longer the socialite who can get along with everyone, but Wang Yao who has embarked on the trial road of blood and bones. Fellow Daoist Changshou, from today on, please call me by my name. Although Wang Yao is the Saint of Yao Chi, she dare not let the name of Yao Chi left by the Queen Mother of the West be disgraced on the ancient road."

At this moment, the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi seems to have truly transformed into a cultivator who has embarked on the ancient path. She is no longer the Saint Maiden who represents Yao Chi in mediating between the major forces.

"Since you are ready, let's get on the road. We'll see you in the first city of the human race." Li Zhile was happy to see the changes in the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi and disappeared from her sight again.

"Wang Yao, you can do it."

Standing on the five-colored altar, the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi secretly encouraged herself.

Although she knew that Li Zhi was nearby, she wanted to rely on her own strength to reach the first city of the ancient human road.

The bones left on the ancient star where the Trial Gate is located all foreshadow the dangers ahead.

Even before encountering the enemy, he lost the qualification to move forward because he did not sweep away the dust on his heart.

"Buzz!"

The light on the five-colored altar under her feet flashed, and the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi truly entered the gate of trial.

Coming out of the void passage, she immediately felt a heavy and oppressive breath coming towards her.

Before she realized where she was and before she could even stand firmly, she was attacked.

A large bone knife fell from the sky, as if it was going to chop her to death.

"boom!"

The terrifying sword energy was enough to cut a mountain into pieces. The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi instinctively used her lotus steps and narrowly avoided the attack.

Then, she summoned a magic sword and attacked in the direction where the bone knife was coming from.

"Crack!" The sharp sword energy directly shattered the bones of a person holding a bone knife.

"Is this the experience on the road to the strongest trial?" Looking at the bones shattered by her sword, there was no relief on the face of the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi.

Looking around, the breath of death is everywhere. Thick leaden clouds press down on the sky, giving people an extreme depression. The sky is obscured by a mysterious band of black fog. No light can be seen, nor can the starlight outside the domain. The surroundings are dim, but not dark. I don’t know whether I am on the star of death, or have entered a kingdom of death.

The ground was littered with bones, and no one knew how thick they were. Even some seemingly flat areas of ground were made up of ancient powder.

The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi had no idea how many people had to die to create such a scene.

She only knew that she had to find the five-colored altar and leave this place as soon as possible, otherwise she would become one of the bones.

The road of trial was naturally not peaceful, and she soon encountered Bai Gu, who was at the level of the King of Slashing Dao, and began a truly evenly matched battle.

And Li Zhi, who was hiding in the jade hairpin, naturally came to this capital of death.

Unlike the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi, he did not attack the bones that had given birth to spiritual consciousness, but went directly to the core area.

An ancient beast with flesh and blood growing from its bones was sleeping in a vast amount of death energy. Its body was covered with dense cracks, as if it had been in a horrific battle.

He absorbed the death energy into his body to heal his wounds.

Li Zhi's arrival did not wake it up.

After observing the layout of this place, Li Zhi understood everything.

This is a star that has been artificially modified.

The reason why those bones can give birth to spiritual consciousness is because the mysterious laws of order are engraved here.

It was those chains of order that gave the bones the mark of life. Li Zhi understood their essence with a little understanding, which was the incomplete mystery of life.

Those creatures made of bones are not lives that were born after they truly realized the truth that "the ultimate death is life".

It was just the power of the mysterious laws that covered the entire ancient star that grabbed the remaining imprint of life in the bones, and then endowed those bones with life.

Strictly speaking, they are not independent living beings, but puppets of the laws.

After Li Zhi gained some insights, he stopped gaining insights and instead released the mysteries of life and death that he had comprehended.

To compare and discuss the mysteries of life and death here.

As the power of Li Zhi's great laws dissipated.

The ancient beast that was healing was immediately alarmed.

"Humans, damn humans, it's you again."

The ancient beasts seemed to hate human cultivators very much, and the Heart of the Death Realm born in this world was stolen by human cultivators.

This caused it to suffer a heavy blow.

Unfortunately, Li Zhi's strength far exceeded the ancient beast's expectations. Under the suppression of Li Zhi's power of the great law, the ancient beast couldn't even stand up.

"Just lie there and heal your wounds. Don't disturb me from my enlightenment. Otherwise, you will die!"

Li Zhi was like an almighty god, the aura of death emanating from his body was almost purer than the death energy accumulated in the Kingdom of Death for countless years.

"This is impossible. How can a living person like you have such pure death energy?"

As the ruler of the kingdom of death, the ancient beast seemed to have seen an unacceptable reality, and its thinking became a little confused.

But Li Zhi ignored it and continued to release the power of his own laws of the universe.

It seemed as if he wanted to engrave the mysteries of life and death that he had comprehended in the kingdom of death.

Gradually, as Li Zhi's understanding of the mysteries of life and death increased, some unusual changes seemed to occur in the kingdom of death.

In the place where the heart of the world of death was originally nurtured, a trace of extreme vitality suddenly evolved.

The ruler of the kingdom of death was extremely shocked after feeling that trace of vitality.

"Who are you?" The ancient beast finally woke up.

"Guard this place well. When one day the real elixir of life is produced there, that will be the time for you to truly return to the world." Li Zhi said lightly.

To give birth to life in death is the true meaning of life and death.

There is no absolute life, nor absolute death, and the Tao does not define life and death.

From the moment a living being is born, life and death are defined by the living being itself and have nothing to do with the Tao.

Afterwards, Li Zhi ignored the ancient beast's shock and disappeared directly from the kingdom of death.

Because after the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi killed seven skeletons of the king level, she finally found the five-colored altar located in the underground barrier.

Then she stepped onto the altar and left this world. Just now, she felt the terrifying holy power sweeping across the entire kingdom of death, and thought that even more powerful bone warriors were about to come out.

After leaving the kingdom of death, the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi came to a real star of life.

Although the environment on the stars is not good, the air is a bit thin and poisonous, the surface is dry and hard, and the weather is chilly, making it seem like a bitter and cold place, but there is a strong life force under the earth that seems to allow people to practice.

After the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi looked around and found no danger nearby, she temporarily found a secluded place to meditate and recover.

Half a day later, after adjusting her energy and spirit to the best state, she set out again to look for the five-colored altar leading to the next star.

Then she met the Fire Monkeys living on this ancient planet. The Fire Monkeys were a powerful humanoid creature, indestructible and invulnerable to weapons and swords. They were a very terrifying race, and there were some spiritual treasures in their habitats.

"Humans, it's you again. Why is it never-ending?" After the Fire Monkey Leader discovered the Saint Girl of Yao Chi who was looking for the Five-Colored Altar, he attacked her without saying a word.

The Holy Maiden of Yao Chi started fighting with the Fire Monkey leader without saying a word.

This battle was earth-shattering.

In the end, the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi, relying on the more sophisticated inheritance of the Western Emperor, killed the Fire Monkey leader, who had reached the semi-saint level, at the eighth level of the King realm.

Then, the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi got what she wanted from its sea of ​​consciousness.

She ignored the reactions of the other fire monkeys and went straight on her way after finding the five-colored altar.

It seemed that after setting foot on the ancient starry road, the beautiful and kind-hearted Saint Maiden of Yao Chi had temporarily disappeared.

Instead, there was Wang Yao, who practiced hard with the help of the ancient starry sky road to hone himself.

On the way ahead, the Saint Lady of Yao Chi seemed to be even more warlike. Almost every time she descended on a star, she would look for an opponent to engage in a fierce battle.

In the battle, her potential was gradually stimulated, and her Taoism became stronger and stronger in one fierce battle after another.

His ability to master the Western Emperor's inheritance is becoming more and more handy, and the various combat methods recorded in the "Western Emperor Sutra" are becoming more and more powerful.

The fairy-like beauty seemed to have completely disappeared, and was replaced by an iron-blooded warrior.

Although her body was not stained with blood, the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi, who was constantly crossing the universe with the divine sword on her back, seemed to have turned into an increasingly sharp divine sword.

How could the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi, who inherited the complete "Western Emperor Sutra", not be good at fighting?

Back then, Queen Mother of the West was able to attain enlightenment and become an emperor as a woman. She had no shortage of killing methods, and her killing methods were even more brutal than those of ordinary emperors.

Through battle after battle, the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi seemed to gradually master the supreme killing aspect of the Western Emperor's inheritance.

The holy fairy finally showed her side as the Blood Sea Witch.

During this period, she did encounter saint-level dangers.

However, with Li Zhi protecting her in secret, he was able to eliminate all threats that were beyond the capabilities of the Saint of Yao Chi.

For Li Zhi, as a saint, walking through the first section of the Ancient Starry Road was almost danger-free.

Perhaps it was because those people who had set foot on the Ancient Starry Road before killed too fiercely and eliminated some of the tough guys.

Although the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi killed many people along the way, she did not encounter many opponents who required her to fight for her life.

She progressed at a very fast pace, and in less than five years, she had reached the first level of the human race.

On the ancient star before the first barrier for the human race, the Saint Lady of Yao Chi survived the catastrophe of the Nine Heavens in the starry sky and successfully transformed into a great king.

This makes her cultivation level not weak among those cultivators who can reach the first level of the human race.

When the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi followed the guidance of an ancient monument in the starry sky and set foot on the ancient road to the first level of the human race, Li Zhi appeared again.

"Have you been staying in the jade hairpin to protect me?" asked the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi.

"No." Li Zhi shook his head.

Although Li Zhi did not experience as hard a battle as the Saint Lady of Yao Chi, he did not slack off. Along the way, he finally replaced all the stars in the Zhoutian Star Map with real star cores.

The Zhoutian Star Map can now be used to arrange a genuine Zhoutian Star Array.

This directly improved Li Zhi's self-protection ability to several levels.

(End of this chapter)